politics

The empire has no clothes
Opinion, Сolumns
BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Jul 01, 2024
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — That was a new low. Thursday’s presidential debate was a humiliating spectacle for President Joe Biden personally, and for the Unit...
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Biden down, but is he out?
Opinion, Сolumns
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Jul 01, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Democratic leaders are trying to contain the political damage after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance accentuated...
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What RFK Jr. means to ballot
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 28, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed paperwork to appear on the Pennsylvania ballot as a presidential candidate. The fourth Kennedy to run for president an...
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Nobody won that debate, but Biden lost ground
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Jun 28, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — When two flawed presidential candidates, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, met in their high-stakes debate Thu...
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Housing programs need accountability and transparency
Opinion, Сolumns
REP. KRISTIN MARCELL RealClearPennsylvania 
Jun 27, 2024
When Pennsylvanians call a state government agency, they expect to receive help. It’s my job as a state legislator to step in when agencies aren’t doi...
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Boost funding for ID/A community
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 26, 2024
In his second budget as Pennsylvania’s chief executive, Gov. Josh Shapiro has a chance not just to boost funding in the short term for Pennsylvania’s ...
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Will Biden-Trump debate change the race?
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Jun 24, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — This week’s debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump won’t produce much in the way of civil dialogue over the nation’s f...
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Investing in child care supports all of us
Opinion
TESSIE RAGAN Progressive Perspectives 
Jun 21, 2024
(TNS) — We have a child care crisis in the United States. And as a child care education provider, I know how to fix it: Put families first. The U.S. B...
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If not now, when?
Opinion
JOHN THOMAS 
Jun 20, 2024
Twenty years ago I was a young man in my early 60s, newly retired from a career as a teacher in the Milton Area School District where I taught music f...
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